A contribution to the functional morphology of the midgut gland in phalangiid harvestmen Gyas annulatus and Gyas titanus during their life cycle

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Lipovšek, Sasa ^a   Novak, Tone ^a   Janžekovič, Franc ^a   Senčič, Leon ^a   Pabst, Maria Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glycogen; Gyas; Lipids; Midgut gland; Opiliones; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPID;

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE GLAND; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIFE CYCLE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ARACHNIDA; GRANULA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIDA; PHALANGIIDAE;

EID: 3342945271     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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